big love

this is my most favorite thing i have seen on the train in a long time:

a man, fairly non-descript, reading The Sweet Refuge 1: I Will Love Again from Precious Hearts Romances, The Best Love Stories of All Time.

it made me smile. and furtively copy it down in my moleskin.

also, today i loved: the gangs of mormons in suits, posing for pictures like religious-pilgrim-tourists in front of the upper west side church of jesus christ of the latter-day saints. at first i saw all these men in suits and i figured there was some sort of banking convention until i saw a goofy twenty-something kid posing with hands up and a silly smile with the temple in the background. amazing. normally that kind of shameless touristing is relegated to times square.